Clean electricity share — all countries

Clean electricity share — United States

Clean electricity share in the United States in 2025 — 42.99%. Ranked 52 in the world out of 91. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 13.93 pp.

2025 42.99% +1.11 pp vs 2024
World rank 52of 91
Period maximum 42.99%2025
Period minimum 27.86%2007

Trend over time

2000–2025 · % of generation

Clean electricity share — United States, 2000–202525303540452000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 29.06%2001: 28.13%2002: 29.04%2003: 28.77%2004: 28.68%2005: 28.13%2006: 28.88%2007: 27.86%2008: 28.81%2009: 30.82%2010: 29.93%2011: 31.79%2012: 31.23%2013: 32.29%2014: 32.81%2015: 33.15%2016: 35%2017: 37.32%2018: 36.65%2019: 37.76%2020: 39.85%2021: 39.52%2022: 40.34%2023: 40.9%2024: 41.88%2025: 42.99%
Change over the period: +13.93 pp Annual average: 0.56 pp
Clean electricity share — United States, by year United States All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 42.99 +1.11 pp
2024 41.88 +0.98 pp
2023 40.9 +0.56 pp
2022 40.34 +0.82 pp
2021 39.52 −0.33 pp
2020 39.85 +2.09 pp
2019 37.76 +1.11 pp
2018 36.65 −0.67 pp
2017 37.32 +2.32 pp
2016 35 +1.85 pp
2015 33.15 +0.34 pp
2014 32.81 +0.52 pp
2013 32.29 +1.06 pp
2012 31.23 −0.56 pp
2011 31.79 +1.86 pp
2010 29.93 −0.89 pp
2009 30.82 +2.01 pp
2008 28.81 +0.95 pp
2007 27.86 −1.02 pp
2006 28.88 +0.75 pp
2005 28.13 −0.55 pp
2004 28.68 −0.09 pp
2003 28.77 −0.27 pp
2002 29.04 +0.91 pp
2001 28.13 −0.93 pp
2000 29.06

Northern America, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

CA Canada 76.97 US United States 42.99

About the indicator

The share of electricity from sources that emit nothing while they operate: all renewables together with nuclear generation. Ember calls such generation clean, and it is also described as low-carbon; the grouping is made on a single feature — the absence of carbon dioxide emissions per kilowatt-hour — and it has no bearing on any other property of nuclear power. The indicator is useful precisely because it does not depend on the choice between the two ways of doing without fuel: a country with a large nuclear program and a country with hydropower end up side by side.

Important: Renewables and nuclear together, on the criterion of no emissions while operating. It complements the fossil fuel share: together they come to about one hundred percent. Aggregates are weighted by generation and computed from 2000 onward.

Source: Yearly Electricity Data (Ember), license CC BY 4.0.